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ANDRIES JANSE VAN RENSBURG

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Canon 300 mm lens with a 2x converter

ANDRIES WRITES: I used to live in Newcastle in northern KZN. One afternoon I drove to the Chelmsford Nature Reserve outside town. I was very lucky and came across a Cape fox and four pups playing in the veld. The sun was setting and I captured these two chasing each other.

TOAST SAYS: Nature is unpredictable and always has a surprise waiting. Somewhere, sometime, you’ll see something special. You might visit a reserve like Chelmsford many times and never see a Cape fox, and then one day you get lucky…

That’s what happened to Andries: He had his camera ready, with the right lens fitted, and the conditions were favourable. The golden afternoon sunlight makes the foxes look like Labrador pups on a calendar – you want to pick them up for a snuggle. (Don’t – their mom will take a bite out of your leg.)

There’s a sparkle in the pups’ eyes – this gives